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How about over one's own DNA? An honest question... no snark intended.

• goldfeld 14y ago
  What about twins?
• baddox 14y ago
  I'm a fan of privacy, so I wouldn't like people secretly taking skin samples and distributing facts about my DNA, but I wouldn't like the ability to license parts of my own DNA and expect the government to enforce IP laws to cover my DNA.
  • NateDad 14y ago
    That's privacy, not copyright. Completely unrelated.
    • dinkumthinkum 14y ago
      Not really, the incentive to copyright incentivizes the invasion of privacy. I can walk behind you with a trash bag and voila. Sure, they are different but related.
• amalcon 14y ago
  I imagine there would be trouble with the logistics of copyrighting molecular structures whose primary distinction is their propensity to copy themselves.
  • Falling3 14y ago
    See Monsanto.
    • baddox 14y ago
      Or drug companies, like here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1#Patents.2C_enforcement.2C_litigation.2C_and_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1#Patents.2C_enforcement.2C....
    • amalcon 14y ago
      Patent != Copyright
  • iy56 14y ago
    Software is commonly accepted as copyrightable, and no exception is made for quines.
    • krichman 14y ago
      1. Create computer virus 2. Spread computer virus 3. Sue victims for copyright infringement
• Turing_Machine 14y ago
  I'm not sure we want to go down this road. For one, it's not "your own" DNA. Barring the occasional mutation, every bit of it came from your parents, grandparents... I'm not comfortable with the idea that my cells contain someone else's intellectual property.
• triplesec 14y ago
  Maybe your parents should have it?